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Cameron Read McGill

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songs & pomes | VIRGA @tupelopress Dec 1, 2027 | Work @kenyonreview @denverquarterly @blackbirdjournal @hfrlitmag In the Night Field @augury_books_

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What a lovely trip to Tacoma to see these two dear friends @toekneeway @theageofbronze Rod and the boys of @savestheday absolutely killed it. A beautiful venue too! Thank you, brothers. 🖤🤌🏼 taken in Tacoma, Washington by @the_widow_cameron

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Hi, there! I'm over the 79 recognized moons of Jupiter to have my second collection of poems, VIRGA, published by @tupelopress in December 2027 !!! Your man over here's been working on it (and two new records as well) for a few years, and I'm excited to get it/them in your orbit this coming year.

I'd love to come visit you where you be and read some poems and play some songs and meet your students. DM me for such adventures. Keep ya posted here on all things VIRGA. Love and care to you,
Cam

Photo courtesy of @colincriss
#VIRGA #poems #tupelopress taken in Moscow, Idaho by @the_widow_cameron

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We love you, Dan, always.
Xo,
Don Key Moon by @the_widow_cameron

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Well, here's to turning 50 and starting my 9th academic year at WSU. In general, may the gods and dogs have mercy. 🤌🏼🧛🏻🔥 I'll be celebrating with a show on the 11th @mikeys_gyros w/ @shadow.work.band & @allicurettattoo; you should join us. Xoxo taken in Pullman, Washington by @the_widow_cameron

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Hi. Lots to catch up on. Let's talk about it sept.11 w/ @shadow.work.band & @allicurettattoo @mikeys_gyros Moscow. Doors 8/show 9. 🖤🖤 taken in Mikey's Gyros by @the_widow_cameron

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Grateful to Paul and Megan @poetryireland for welcoming @colincriss and I at the PIR offices and giving us each a copy of Issue #146, fall '25. A dream to have a poem (two from Colin!!) in here, with many thanks to guest editor Stephen Sexton.

This elegy, Slow, was written for my friend and long-time collaborator and bandmate @getmcmahon who loved Ireland and whose family has roots here. Feels right to have it first published in PIR. 🖤

The poem will appear in my second book, VIRGA, which is forthcoming from the good folks @tupelopress in spring '28!! A good day with good folks in a good place. Xoxo Cam taken in Dublin, Ireland by @the_widow_cameron

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On this, Ireland's National Poetry Day, lovely, moving, and educational morning with Yvonne Corcoran Loftus @jackieclarkecollection & Museum of Irish History in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Selections of the Clarke's collection of over 100,000 Irish artifacts and papers dating back centuries. A must see if you are in the West. Thank you, Yvonne, and Martin Dyar for the recommendation!!
🙏🖤 @cougsabroad taken in The Clarke Museum of Irish History by @the_widow_cameron

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Any peoples in the small corners of the universe who've ever cared, even briefly, about the music I've made, I implore you to listen to the new album Heroic Dose from Daniel Johnson's project @patois_music . He is one of my favorite songwriters, and he produced my last album The Widow Cameron. You're welcome.
love, cam taken in EARTH by @the_widow_cameron

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What a group of poets this spring semester in 452 @wazzuenglish @wsupullman Thanks for this beautiful copy of your poems in this class chapbook. Tears dried pre-pic. Y'all make-a-me so proud...🤌🏼 taken in WSU Pullman by @the_widow_cameron

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Hello loves. Very grateful to the @wazzuenglish department Thompson Summer Research program for supporting my work on the next book of poems. I'll be heading to the Federico García Lorca Centre centrofgl in Granada this summer!! 🤯🖤🤓 Beyond excited to spend time in the archives & library and work on the poems and the songs.

This journey began a few years ago as I was finishing work on @the_widow_cameron album and starting work on my second book VIRGA, which is forthcoming from @tupelopress in '28. Lorca's collected reset my hamster image brain and encouraged more of a slippery connection btw the poems and songs. Elements elements! Xoxo cam taken in WSU Pullman by @the_widow_cameron

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Alright, Ottawa, I see you. Lovely and restorative week at the @cahh_acshs Creating Space 16 Health Humanities conference @ottawaartgallery Lots of brilliant doctors, nurses, teachers, poets and artists in dialogue about patient and clinician self care thru the arts.

So much to learn, but excited to begin work on a Poetry and Health Humanities course for WSU pre med/vet/nursing students. Gratitude for the warm welcome and for letting me near a canvas to try a self-portrait @cahh_acshs 🙏🤣🖤. Looking forward to next year! taken in Ottawa, Ontario by @the_widow_cameron

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Got this rad new issue of @willowspringsmag in the post yesterday. Lovely to be back in these pages. This is a poem called Siblings, which will appear in VIRGA, forthcoming from @tupelopress Wish I could thx ya @willowspringsmag folks in person at @getlitfestival but headed to see about Ottawa, ON today. Have fun!!! Thx for publishing this poem. 🙏🖤 taken in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport by @the_widow_cameron

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